Literature in Health Care, which begins this month, is partially funded by the Missouri Humanities Council and is brought to UMHC by the combined efforts of the MU Health Sciences Library, School of Medicine, School of Health Professions and the University Hospital Arts in Health Care Program. The program known as Literature in Medicine was begun in Maine, and has spread to many states through the state humanities councils. It helps health care providers to empathize more fully with patients, and deal with their own human reactions to life as a health care provider. We at Mizzou are fortunate to benefit this year from the program.
The program will consist of five consecutive monthly meetings of the same 25 individuals who commit to the readings and regular monthly attendance. Monthly meetings will begin with dinner at 5:30, followed by a two-hour discussion facilitated by Dr. Brick Johnstone, Professor of Health Psychology. Meeting dates for the 2010 session will be January 20, February 10, March 10, April 14, and May 12.
This popular program is already full. Contact Shelly Worden for more information.
The primary coordination for this was done by the Health Sciences Library, with Shelley Worden and myself, Deb Ward, handling most of the coordination. We have a wonderful planning committee that consists of the two of us, plus Herb Golberg (School of Medicine), Brick Johnstone (School of Health Professions), and Sandy Scotten (UH Arts in Health Care). This couldn’t have happened without Shelley’s keen attention to the details. Thank you, Shelley!
Deb